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Five Widener Teams Ready to Compete This Week For Conference Championships

Five of Widener's teams are in action this week as they compete for conference titles.
 
Widener's men's lacrosse team (10-5, 6-2 CC) is the third seed for the Commonwealth Conference Tournament and will play at No. 2 seed Albright in the semifinals on Wednesday at 7:00 pm.
 
It has been yet another standout campaign for the reigning conference champions and 14-time Middle Atlantic/Commonwealth Conference winners.  Senior attack Johnny Casey (Glenside, PA) is fifth in the league with 37 goals, fourth with 18 assists and fifth with 55 points.  Senior attack Josh Fox (Wynnewood, PA) also is having a great campaign with 26 points, Tim Taylor (Philadelphia, PA) should pick up some Rookie of the Year votes with 30 goals, senior defender Charlie Bytheway (Glen Mills, PA) has been a force with 46 ground balls and junior Mac Nestler (Chatham, NJ) owns a .637 save percentage.
 
The other semifinal is between fourth-ranked Stevenson and either Messiah or Lebanon Valley.  The winners play Saturday for a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
 
The women's lacrosse team (8-8, 3-5 CC) is the fifth seed and will play at No. 4 seed Lebanon Valley in the first round on Tuesday.
 
Senior Julia Costello (Brookhaven, PA) has been tearing it up at midfield as she is ninth in the league with 43 goals, seventh with 21 assists and seventh with 64 points.  Sophomore midfielder Mackenzie Lindquist (Ocean City, NJ) has had a monster year by sitting fourth in the league with 69 draw controls to go with 35 goals, 40 ground balls and 29 caused turnovers.  Senior Laura Kalbach (Lancaster, PA) is third on the team with 32 goals and freshman Meghan Garvey (Landenberg, PA) is fourth at 27.
 
The winner faces Stevenson in the semifinals on Thursday.
 
Tickets for all lacrosse games are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $2 for student and free for those under age 6.
 
The baseball squad (19-20, 11-10 CC) is the fourth seed and opens the double-elimination tournament Thursday against Alvernia at 4:00 pm in West Lawn, PA.
 
Sophomore infielder Marc Noyalis (Dallas, PA) has had a torrid year by leading the conference with 55 hits and 36 RBI, as well as sitting third with 12 doubles and seventh with a .387 batting average.  Senior catcher Dennis Hocker (Coral Springs, FL) is third in the league with 47 hits, fifth with 26 RBI and fifth with 11 doubles.  Sophomore Robert Barth (Norristown, PA) and senior Brandon McCloskey (Belford, NJ) each have four victories.
 
Arcadia and Stevenson are the other combatants in West Lawn.  The champion will be decided Saturday and the survivor heads to the NCAA Tournament.
 
Tickets for an all-day pass are $6 for adults and $3 for students.
 
The men's track and field team is back to defend its title with the meet taking place Thursday through Saturday in Annville, PA.  The Pride have won two of the last three crowns and four straight indoor titles.
 
Mick Coleman (Southampton, PA) is the reigning champion in the pole vault, as is fellow junior Tyler Schmalhofer (Elizabethtown, PA) in the 400-meter dash.  Junior All-America Eric Solomon (Columbia, PA) won the MAC and ECAC indoor title in the weight throw, Gavin Colley (Tunkhannock, PA) captured in the MAC indoor 60-meter title, fellow sophomore Chris Garrity (Glenolden, PA) won the mile, sophomore Michael Ciavarelli (Secane, PA) won the 800-meter run and Coleman grabbed the pole vault.
 
The women's team looks to move up after ending fifth last year.
 
Junior Erica Szpynda (Berwick, PA) won the shot put at last year championships and then came back in the winter to capture the MAC and ECAC indoor crowns.  Freshman Shakeira Fowler (Philadelphia, PA) will be looked at after ending second in the indoor 200-meter dash and sophomore Brittany Diehl (Havertown, PA) was third in the 400-meter dash.
 
Tickets for Thursday are $3 for adults and $2 for seniors.  Friday and Saturday's sessions are $6 each for adults and $3 each for students.  An all-session pass runs $10 for adults and $5 for students.
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